A viable site for a viable stadium

Cllr Steve Radford
Leader of The Liberal Party Group
41 Sutton Street
Tuebrook
Liverpool L13 7EG

0151 2595935 - 07920090322

Mike Butler
Anfield Liberal Party
1 Coningsby Road
Anfield
Liverpool
L4 ORS

07932969349

Dear Editor

We were pleased that the centre fold spread in recent press coverage of the Anfield Stadium issue (Liverpool Echo) raised the critical question  the city has failed to grasp to date

Is the growth in the stadium from 45,000 to 60,000 sufficient to economically justify the capital expenditure required ?

It has always been our view that if LFC was to take the significant outlay that a mere 33% growth in capacity was in many ways inadequate to fund the outlay

Without doubt Liverpool needs an international size stadium for a multitude of events - not just football.

Therefore the Council and LFC would best meet long term requirements and financial viability if they looked for a site, outside of the densely populated area of Anfield ,and build on a key site with major transport network access , both motorway and rail links. This could accommodate the size of ground attendance to make the investment profitable

We hope the new owners will take a fresh look and they may come to the conclusion a East Lancs road site or Speke site would be  better options all round

Cllr Steve Radford
Leader of The Liberal Party Group

Mike Butler
Anfield Liberal Party